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Photobox prints

  • 27-11-2008 9:21pm
    #1
    Paulw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,381 ✭✭✭✭


    Hey,

    Anyone recently ordered through photobox?

    I got a shipment today of some prints. They all seem a good bit darker than on my PC. Yes, my monitors are calibrated.

    I might just have the exact same image printed through someone else (like Spectra) just to compare, but as far as I am concerned, the photobox print is much darker than it should.

    Was just wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience recently.


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  • #2
    kgiller
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 694 ✭✭✭kgiller


    I just got some prints from photobox the other day (had 50 free prints for recommending a friend) and i have to say that i thought they were pretty good. I wouldnt say that they were much darker than on the PC at all, although there IS usually some difference in prints. I went for matt finish on them, and i was happy.


  • #3
    AnCatDubh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,393 ✭✭✭AnCatDubh


    i only used photobox once and i found the quality not great and as Paul said above they certainly were quite dark. Having said that i know a lot of people on here have used them and like kgiller have found them fine. I dunno what the difference is - perhaps just a glitch on a batch maybe?


  • #4
    pete4130
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,944 ✭✭✭pete4130


    ITs hits andmiss with onlin eprinting, I just got 34 or 35 8x12's from bonusprint today (only 99c per print so thoughtI'd give it a try) and on some prints there are random blobs of a green cast on parts of the images. Not happy but they were only test prints before I print them super big.


  • #5
    Paulw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,381 ✭✭✭✭Paulw


    I've used Photobox many times before, and never had an issue. This was the first time that the images differ from what I have on screen.

    Anyway, I'll put an order for the same print in with Spectra and see if it comes out the same or different.

    Thanks folks.


  • #6
    kgiller
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 694 ✭✭✭kgiller


    Have you ever tried http://int.pixum.com/ ? I got some prints from them before (12"X18") and they were superb quality. Cheap enough prices too.


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  • #7
    stcstc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,262 ✭✭✭stcstc


    the issue with any of the online type places is for them to make money they have to do such large volumes.

    so they do there QC in a manner that means not every print is checked etc. this does mean some bad batched can slip through the net.


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